Review of Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) by Definitelymayb — 13 Jul 2018

Sigh another boring paint-by-number Marvel films that sorely lacks any reasons to exist aside from a quick cash grab of its devotees. Its worse than the original Ant-man which at least had a coherent story and was made with enough care given its development troubles with Edgar Wright.

Peyton Reed shows his limitations in this film where the plot doesn't really matter, the characters dont really have any arcs (or if there are any, its literally the same as the first film). There nothing really to say except its a paint by number Marvel formulaic film meaning: jokes every 2 minutes, convoluted plot, borderline terrible generic CGI, characters that are charming but lack any emotional heft, dumb villains and character you will quickly forget and a wooden plot you can probably write better in an hour.

Again, there some good action, some good lines and yeah the same stuff. AMATW doesn't add anything to the ongoing Marvel storyline, in fact you just need to see the end-credit scene for any sort of narrative weight to matter.

I wish we could go back to the OG marvel films like Iron Man, Captain America:First Avenger or even Civil War where the films had a good narrative, character interactions and well-made scenes. It seems a long time ago now that those films actually felt like films.

Now they all feel like **** episodes of a generic TV show. If Marvel continues this trend, it will be the law of diminishing returns.